Sunday, February 26, 2012

2012 NHL DRAFT: One-game Scouting Report for Mikhail Grigorenko

Mikhail Grigorenko is a 6'2", 185 lbs left-handed centre playing for the Quebec Remparts of the QMJHL. Grigorenko was the second-ranked North American skater on Central Scouting's mid-term rankings. He is a big centre with soft-hands. This one-game scouting report is from a 4-1 loss to the St. John Sea Dogs on February 17th, 2012.

Please keep in mind that this is only a one-game scouting report and should not be used to determine anything more than the player's performance in this particular game. That said, top-ranked players in last year's draft were producing risk/reward ratings between 1.90 and 2.30, and overall grades in the high 70's and low 80's.

OVERALL GRADE

Grigorenko produced a below-average overall grade of 63. He struggled in the defensive-zone, and while on the powerplay. His events per-minute played were also quite low. This could be explained by the quality of opposition, and also by Grigorenko's perimeter play during the game scouted.

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WINS

44

WINS

EVENTS

70

EVENTS

GRADE

63

GRADE

PLAYER

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OVERALL RISK/REWARD RATING

Grigorenko produced a below-average overall risk/reward of 0.86, and an overall ratio of only 1.62 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. His play on the powerplay substantially hurt his overall rating; particularly his inability to complete some simple, short passes during the game scouted. Most of Grigorenko's events during the game occurred in the neutral-zone.

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POS

42

POS

NEG

26

NEG

RATIO

1.62

RATIO

MIN/G

18.55

MIN/G

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MINUTES

19

MINUTES

POS/MIN

2.26

POS/MIN

NEG/MIN

1.40

NEG/MIN

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EVENTS/ MIN

3.67

EVENTS/ MIN

RISK/REWARD

0.86

RISK/REWARD

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OFFENSIVE-ZONE RISK/REWARD RATING

Grigorenko's even-strength offensive-zone risk/reward rating was also below-average, as was his o-zone ratio of 1.67 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. He won only 1 of 3 offensive-zone puck-battles, recovered 2 loose-pucks, and completed 8 of 9 pass-attempts. He was successful with 2 of his 4 attempts to beat opposition players 1on1 (deke), while 1 of his 2 attempted shots made it through to the net.

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OZ POS

15

OZ POS

OZ NEG

9

OZ NEG

GAMES

1.67

GAMES

MIN/G

14.8

MIN/G

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MINUTES

25

MINUTES

POS/MIN

0.61

POS/MIN

NEG/MIN

0.36

NEG/MIN

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EVENTS/ MIN

0.97

EVENTS/ MIN

RISK/REWARD

0.24

RISK/REWARD

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DEFENSIVE-ZONE RISK/REWARD RATING

Grigorenko did not produce above-average numbers in the defensive-zone. His defensive-zone risk/reward rating was only 0.14, while his d-zone ratio of 1.33 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play was equally below-average. He lost 1 of 3 d-zone puck-battles, and completed 2 of 3 defensive-zone pass-attempts. He blocked 1 shot, and intercepted 2 opposition passes.

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DZ POS

8

DZ POS

DZ NEG

6

DZ NEG

ratio

1.33

ratio

MIN/G

14.8

MIN/G

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MINUTES

15

MINUTES

POS/MIN

0.54

POS/MIN

NEG/MIN

0.41

NEG/MIN

25

EVENTS/ MIN

0.95

EVENTS/ MIN

RISK/REWARD

0.14

RISK/REWARD

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NEUTRAL-ZONE RISK/REWARD RATING

Grigorenko's best numbers occurred in the neutral-zone. He produced an above-average neutral-zone risk/reward rating of 0.47, and a solid n-zone ratio of 2.40 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. He lost both his neutral-zone puck-battles, but recovered 4 loose-pucks. He completed 3 of 4 neutral-zone pass-attempts, and was successful with 1 of his 2 attempts to dump the puck deep into the offensive-zone.

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NZ POS

12

NZ POS

NZ NEG

5

NZ NEG

ratio

2.40

ratio

MIN/G

14.8

MIN/G

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MINUTES

15

MINUTES

POS/MIN

0.81

POS/MIN

NEG/MIN

0.34

NEG/MIN

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EV/ MIN

1.15

EV/ MIN

RISK/REWARD

0.47

RISK/REWARD

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POWERPLAY RISK/REWARD RATING

Grigorenko struggled on the powerplay during the game; producing a powerplay risk/reward rating of 0.00, and a PP ratio of 1 successful play for every 1 unsuccessful play. He completed only 2 of 5 offensive-zone passes while on the powerplay, and only 1 of 3 neutral-zone passes on the powerplay.